CN1585366A - Wireless base station, network system, communication method, and base station control program - Google Patents
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Abstract
This invention provides a wireless network system including a logically or physically separated wired network, a wireless base station connected to the wired network, and a plurality of wireless mobile terminals which performs wireless communication with the wireless base station. The wireless base station used in this system includes a wired communication unit which is connected to a wired network, a wireless communication unit which performs wireless communication using one radio frequency, and a wired line/wireless channel bridging function. The wireless base station also includes a control unit which controls one wireless communication unit to send out packets storing pieces of information corresponding to a plurality of virtual wireless networks so as to form a plurality of virtual wireless networks.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of wireless base station, this base station includes line interface and wireless communication unit, and this wireless communication unit is carried out radio communication and is used for being connected of radio communication with control, the invention still further relates to a kind of Radio Network System, a kind of wireless communications method and a kind of wireless base-station control program.
Background technology
General, be connected in the Radio Network System of wired lan in the WLAN of using wireless transmission as transmission medium, when from wired lan when wireless channel sends Frame, the wireless base station it as having added that the Frame that the storage basic service is provided with the wireless header of identifier (BSSID) sends.
When the mobile radio terminal related with the wireless base station wants to send Frame to wired lan by the wireless base station, mobile radio terminal sends Frame to the wireless base station, and the basic service that has added the storage wireless base station related with mobile radio terminal on this Frame is provided with the wireless header of identifier.Under such operation, when receiving this Frame, the wireless base station sends Frame to wired lan.
The switching to another wireless base station is supported in the wireless base station, and the announcement information of identifier (ESSID) is set by periodically sending to comprise to activate business to mobile radio terminal, or return and be stored in activating business in the corresponding management frames of request that sends with mobile radio terminal and identifier be set and allow its dissemination system (DS) of mobile radio terminal identification, mobility is provided.
As mentioned above, mobile radio terminal is participated in predetermined dissemination system by related with the wireless base station, in this wireless base station, being registered in activating business in the memory of mobile radio terminal is provided with activating business in identifier and the announcement information that is stored in the wireless base station that identifier is set is consistent, or be stored in management frames in activate business that identifier is set is consistent, latter's response is returned from the request of mobile radio terminal.
When the so-called wired lan of execution arrives the bridge joint of WLAN, promptly send from each interface (wired lan and wireless channel), just wireless communication unit and wireline interface receive Frame the time, wireless base station transmission/reception affix the storage basic service Frame of the wireless header of identifier is set, therefore allow between wireless base station and mobile radio terminal, to send Frame, and in wireless zone without any connection error.
Has such wired lan in the Wireless LAN system of the wireless base station of WLAN bridging functionality in use, each mobile radio terminal carries out the upper strata and is provided with, so that therefore recognition network allows a plurality of mobile radio terminals to use an independent wireless base station as a WLAN.
Use in the communication of IP on the upper strata, by distributing 192.168.1.10/24 to first mobile radio terminal, 192.168.1.11/24 to second mobile radio terminal, 192.168.1.12/24 to the 3rd mobile radio terminal, each portable terminal can be in one network by IP by identical wireless base station and the terminal and the server communication that are connected to wired lan.
In this Wireless LAN system, owing to identify the network that is used for each mobile radio terminal on OSI Reference Model layer 3 (network layer), when the mobile radio terminal with heterogeneous networks address moved to identical wireless base station (roaming), communication can not continue.
In addition, when NetBEUI (netbios extended user interface) can not provide the routing function of procotol, broadcasting was flowed between the mobile radio terminal related with same wireless base station.This makes that separately network is unlikely, has proposed a problem aspect fail safe.
In order to address the above problem, in WLAN, have on the data link layer separately the layer 2 of the functionality of vlan of network switch the function of the network that is used to provide identical on the separate physical in logic.
Use wireless transmission to have the reliability that affirmation function (ACX) or retray function (Retry) improve transmission path as the WLAN of transmission medium.
With after the wireless base station is related, a certain mobile radio terminal has by reception notification information intermittently restrains the electricity-saving function of power consumption.
A mobile radio terminal of carrying out power-save operation is discerned and managed in the wireless base station.When mobile radio terminal does not receive signal, the Frame of wireless base station this wireless mobile of addressing of buffer memory in its memory, and by using the information element (TIM) of announcement information, to mobile radio terminal notice expression buffer memory the information of this Frame.Preset time at interval on, behind announcement information, be sent to each mobile radio terminal to the broadcasting of the mobile radio terminal related with transport service Indication message (DTIM) with the wireless base station.
That is, the mobile radio terminal that is intended to carry out power-save operation need receive the announcement information with transport service Indication message, so that receive broadcasting.
In order to realize the function of separately related network with mobile radio terminal, according to Japanese unexamined patent No.2003-110567 (reference paper 1), use each wireless base station of same radio frequency to comprise the embedding unit, this unit needs the segment information of mobile radio terminal as transmission objectives, and this information is embedded in the frame.According to Japanese unexamined patent No.2003-60656 (reference paper 2), be associated by MAC Address and vlan identifier the subordinate mobile radio terminal, each network is separated from each other.
To be separated from each other wireless network in order resembling the wired lan, to be necessary for each network the wireless base station all is installed, this just causes the problem of expense aspect.In addition, because the quantity of the radio frequency that can use is limited, physically such wireless base station can not be installed between a plurality of wireless base stations.
In addition, according to reference paper 1, separate at network and to have occurred following problem in the scheme:
(a) because segment information must be embedded in the frame, management frames must be made amendment according to IEEE802.11.That is, this scheme only can be applied to the mobile radio terminal that matches with the special management frame.
(b) even network can be separated from each other between mobile radio terminal, owing to use identical announcement information, terminal is usually operated by the information word of using announcement information.For example, such terminal is used the public announcement information with transport service identification message, and this transport service identification message determines to be operated in the forward position cycle of each terminal in the battery saving mode, or represents the public services display message that Frame is buffered.For example, therefore, even the mobile radio terminal that is registered in the network area with a small amount of broadcasting all must be activated, as is registered in the mobile radio terminal in the network area with a large amount of broadcasting, caused uneconomic power consumption.
(c) when being used for Email, the data network of web page browsing or the like and be used for the network of the medium (for example being used for) of different characteristic based on the voice communication of voice IP (Voice over IP) with based on the medium of the mobile image of MPEG4, come separately and when setting up by the function of using this separately wireless network, in the wireless base station of routine, a predetermined retry count is used as the retry count of data.Therefore, retry count also increases in the data network of needs very high reliability, and the retry count of increase is applied on the speech and data networks that has priority on the real-time performance.Therefore, postpone to increase, caused the deterioration of real-time performance owing to the error in the wireless zone makes.
(d) owing to mobile radio terminal is managed by identical wireless base station in different wireless networks, for example, if the quantity of the mobile radio terminal related (related counting) with each wireless network be limited to be used for to guarantee to be used for voice communication wireless zone, then restriction in an identical manner is used for the quantity of the mobile radio terminal of data network.This make to carry out the connection management of the mobile radio terminal of the Frame that is intended to handle different characteristic very difficult.
Be associated with vlan identifier to separate in the scheme of network by MAC Address in the above patent references 2 and for example with mobile radio terminal, owing to use the same section of announcement information, for example, if disclosed identification algorithm is used for visitor's data network, disclosed identification algorithm just is applied to another network, and this will cause the problem of fail safe aspect.
Summary of the invention
Consider above-mentioned situation of the prior art and make the present invention, and its first purpose provides the wireless base station, Radio Network System, wireless communications method and wireless base-station control program, when using each to have to be set to public standard for example the grouping of the frame structure of IEEE802.11 communicate, can form the virtual wireless network of separating in logic by using physically identical wireless communication unit, this wireless communication unit is designed to use a radio frequency to carry out radio communication.
Second purpose of the present invention provides the wireless base station, Radio Network System, wireless communications method and wireless base-station control program, it can access the environment of a coexistence, wireless base station identical in this environment can use the business with different characteristic, for example, and data network and speech network.
The 3rd purpose of the present invention provides the wireless base station, Radio Network System, and wireless communications method and wireless base-station control program, it can use identical wireless base station structure to be applicable to the network environment of each type packet of different user.
In order to achieve the above object, according to a first aspect of the invention, a kind of wireless base station is provided, comprise the wire communication unit that is connected to cable network, by using radio frequency to carry out the wireless communication unit of radio communication, and Wireline/wireless channel bridging functionality, it comprises control unit, control this wireless communication unit and send a plurality of packets of information of storage, so that form a plurality of virtual wireless network corresponding to a plurality of virtual wireless network.
According to a second aspect of the invention, a kind of wireless base station is provided, wherein the described control unit of first aspect makes this wireless communication unit send the announcement information of information elements and comprises the grouping that basic service is provided with identifier, corresponding to a plurality of packets of information of a plurality of virtual wireless network, wherein information element and basic service are provided with identifier and change for each virtual wireless network as storage.
According to a third aspect of the invention we, a kind of wireless base station is provided, wherein this base station comprises admin table, in table, it is interrelated that the identifier of logic and the cable network that physically separates and the basic service that is coupled to the virtual wireless network of these networks are provided with identifier, first or the described control unit of second aspect change according to the management of packets statistical tables and reports header that is received and be addressed to a wireless channel by the wire communication unit, send information by wireless communication unit, change according to the management of packets statistical tables and reports header that is received and be addressed to a Wireline by wireless communication unit, and send information by the wire communication unit.
According to a forth aspect of the invention, provide a kind of wireless base station, wherein, in the described admin table of the third aspect, the identifier of cable network is provided with identifier with activating business of the virtual wireless network that is coupled to these networks and is stored, so that interrelated.
According to a fifth aspect of the invention, a kind of wireless base station is provided, wherein the described control unit of fourth aspect is provided with identifier to activating business of changing at each virtual wireless network and is stored in the management frames, so that responding the request that comes from mobile radio terminal according to admin table is returned, and return this management frames to the mobile radio terminal that sends request, and the basic service that has been assigned with this virtual wireless network that identifier is set of activating business is provided with identifier.
According to a sixth aspect of the invention, a kind of wireless base station is provided, wherein in the admin table described in any aspect the 3rd to the 5th, the related counting of the identifier of cable network and the virtual wireless network that is coupled to these networks is stored, so that interrelated.
According to a seventh aspect of the invention, a kind of wireless base station is provided, wherein described control unit is provided with the identification a kind of mobile radio terminal related with this virtual wireless network the identifier from activating business of virtual wireless network aspect the 6th, and carry out the related counting that control comes to change according to the traffic carrying capacity that is used for every kind of mobile radio terminal related with virtual wireless network admin table, described virtual wireless network has the basic service that is associated with related counting identifier is set.
According to an eighth aspect of the invention, a kind of wireless base station is provided, wherein aspect the 3rd to the 7th in any described admin table, the identifier of cable network and the maximum retry count of being coupled to the virtual wireless network of these networks are stored, so that interrelated.
According to a ninth aspect of the invention, a kind of wireless base station is provided, wherein the maximum retry count in the described admin table of eight aspect is set to be not less than a rank that is used for each virtual wireless network, control unit according to the characteristic changing maximum retry count of the grouping that receives for being not less than a rank.
According to the tenth aspect of the invention, a kind of wireless base station is provided, wherein the maximum retry count in the described admin table is set to two ranks aspect the 9th, be used for the side with a small amount of broadcasting of each virtual wireless network and have a side of a large amount of broadcasting, the characteristic that receives grouping is represented a real time communication grouping and is used for the control grouping that real time communication is divided into groups, described real time communication grouping is set in advance the grouping for being used to communicate by letter, its Content of Communication is duplicated in real time in the transmission destination, when the characteristic that receives grouping is represented the real time communication grouping, control unit execution control is provided with maximum retry count and has an end of a small amount of broadcasting, when the characteristic that receives grouping is represented the control grouping, maximum retry count is set has an end of a large amount of broadcasting.
In this example, real time communication grouping comprises, for example, and packets of voice and be used for streamed grouping at MPEG or the like.
According to an eleventh aspect of the invention, provide a kind of wireless base station, wherein aspect the 3rd to the tenth in any described admin table, store the identifier of spider lines and be coupled to discrimination method in the virtual wireless network of these networks, so that interrelated.
According to a twelfth aspect of the invention, a kind of wireless base station is provided, wherein in the 3rd to the tenth any described admin table of one side, the identifier of cable network and the transport service Indication message announcement information cycle of being coupled in the virtual wireless network of these networks are stored, so that interrelated.
In order to achieve the above object, according to a thirteenth aspect of the invention, a kind of Radio Network System is provided, comprise the cable network that logic OR physically separates, be connected to the wireless base station of cable network, carry out a plurality of mobile radio terminals of radio communication with execution and wireless base station, the wireless base station comprises the wire communication unit that is connected to cable network, carry out wireless communication unit with the radio communication of mobile radio terminal by using a radio frequency, and Wireline/wireless channel bridging functionality, and control unit, described control unit is controlled this wireless communication unit and is sent grouping, this packet memory is corresponding to a plurality of information of a plurality of virtual wireless network, so that form a plurality of virtual wireless network.
According to a fourteenth aspect of the invention, a kind of Radio Network System is provided, wherein the described control unit in the 13 aspect causes that this wireless communication unit sends the announcement information of information elements and comprises the grouping that basic service is provided with identifier, as a plurality of packets of information of storage corresponding to a plurality of virtual wireless network, wherein said information element and basic service are provided with identifier and change along with each virtual wireless network.
According to a fifteenth aspect of the invention, a kind of Radio Network System is provided, wherein this station comprises admin table, that identifier is set is interrelated for the identifier of logic and the cable network that physically separates and the basic service that is coupled to the virtual wireless network of these networks in table, the the 13 or the 14 described control unit in aspect is changed according to the admin table header information of grouping (this grouping is received and be addressed to wireless channel by this wire communication unit), send information by wireless communication unit, admin table header information according to grouping (this grouping is received and be addressed to Wireline by wireless communication unit) is changed, and sends information by the wire communication unit.
According to a sixteenth aspect of the invention, a kind of Radio Network System is provided, wherein, aspect the 15 in the described admin table, the identifier of cable network is provided with identifier with activating business of the virtual wireless network that is coupled to these networks and is stored, so that interrelated.
According to a seventeenth aspect of the invention, a kind of Radio Network System is provided, wherein the described control unit in the 16 aspect is stored in the management frames that is returned in response to the request of mobile radio terminal identifier is set along with activating business of changing of each virtual wireless network according to admin table, and return this management frames to the mobile radio terminal that sends above-mentioned request, and the basic service that has been assigned with the virtual wireless network that identifier is set of activating business is provided with identifier.
According to an eighteenth aspect of the invention, a kind of Radio Network System is provided, wherein in any the described admin table aspect the 15 to the 17, the related counting of the identifier of cable network and the virtual wireless network that is coupled to these networks is stored, so that interrelated.
According to a nineteenth aspect of the invention, a kind of Radio Network System is provided, wherein according to activating business of virtual wireless network identifier is set and discerns a kind of mobile radio terminal related with virtual wireless network at the described control unit of the tenth eight aspect, and carry out the related counting that control comes to change according to the traffic carrying capacity that is used for every kind of mobile radio terminal related with virtual wireless network admin table, this virtual wireless network has the basic service that is associated with related counting identifier is set.
According to a twentieth aspect of the invention, a kind of Radio Network System is provided, wherein aspect the 15 to the 20, in any described admin table, store the identifier of spider lines and the maximum retry count of being coupled to the virtual wireless network of these networks, so that interrelated.
According to a twenty-first aspect of the invention, a kind of Radio Network System is provided, wherein the maximum retry count in the described admin table is set to be not less than a rank that is used for each virtual wireless network aspect the 20, control unit according to the characteristic changing maximum retry count of the grouping that receives for being not less than a rank.
According to a twenty-second aspect of the invention, a kind of Radio Network System is provided, wherein the maximum retry count in the described admin table of the 20 one side is set to be used for two ranks of each virtual wireless network, one end has a small amount of broadcasting and an end has a large amount of broadcasting, the characteristic of the grouping that receives is represented a real time communication grouping and a control grouping that is used for the real time communication grouping, described real time communication grouping is set in advance the grouping for being used to communicate by letter, its Content of Communication is duplicated in real time in the transmission destination, when the characteristic that receives grouping is represented the real time communication grouping, control unit execution control is provided with maximum retry count and has an end of a small amount of broadcasting, when the characteristic that receives grouping is represented the control grouping, maximum retry count is set has an end of a large amount of broadcasting.
According to a twenty-third aspect of the invention, a kind of Radio Network System is provided, wherein aspect the 15 to the 22 in any described admin table, the identifier of cable network and the discrimination method that is coupled in the virtual wireless network of these networks are stored, so that interrelated.
According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the invention, a kind of Radio Network System is provided, wherein aspect the 15 to the 23 in any described admin table, the identifier of cable network and the transport service Indication message announcement information cycle of being coupled in the virtual wireless network of these networks are stored, so that interrelated.
According to the twenty-fifth aspect of the invention, a kind of Radio Network System is provided, comprise a plurality of wireless base stations with identical setting, wherein the control unit of a plurality of wireless base stations is carried out control, even when mobile radio terminal switches a wireless base station that is used for radio communication in a plurality of wireless base stations, also can continue to communicate by letter and do not change the network layer address of mobile radio terminal.
In order to achieve the above object, according to the twenty-sixth aspect, wireless communications method in a kind of Radio Network System is provided, this Radio Network System comprises the cable network that logic OR physically separates, be connected to the wireless base station of cable network, a plurality of mobile radio terminals with the radio communication of execution and wireless base station, when the wireless base station when cable network receives the grouping of addressing mobile radio terminal and send packets to mobile radio terminal, or when mobile radio terminal receives the grouping of communication counterpart the addressing cable network and send packets to communication counterpart, this method sends a forwarding step through the grouping of conversion after being included in switch process, described switch process is according to a management of information table that comprises the header information that is used to change the grouping that will transmit, and conversion receives the header information of grouping.
According to a twenty-seventh aspect of the invention, wireless communications method in a kind of Radio Network System is provided, wherein form the described admin table in the 26 aspect, so that it is interrelated that the identifier of each cable network and the basic service that is coupled to the virtual wireless network of these networks are provided with identifier, and in switch process, the basic service of the identifier of cable network and virtual wireless network is provided with identifier in the header information of the grouping that conversion will be transmitted.
According to a twenty-eighth aspect of the invention, wireless communications method in a kind of Radio Network System is provided, wherein form the described admin table in the 27 aspect, so as the identifier of each cable network and be coupled to these networks virtual wireless network activate business that identifier is set is interrelated, and in switch process, the basic service of the identifier of cable network and virtual wireless network is provided with activating business of identifier and virtual wireless network identifier is set in the header information of the grouping that conversion will be transmitted.
In order to achieve the above object, according to the twenty-ninth aspect, a kind of control program that is used for the wireless base station is provided, this wireless base station comprises the wire communication unit that is connected to cable network, by using the wireless communication unit of a radio frequency execution and mobile radio terminal radio communication, and Wireline/wireless channel bridging functionality, control program causes that the wireless base station carries out the processing in the defined step in the wireless communications method that defines in any one of 26 to 20 eight aspect.
Clearly in all its bearings, according to the present invention, when coming executive communication by the grouping of using each to have the frame structure of the standard of being set to, can be formed on the virtual wireless network of separating in logic by using physically identical wireless communication unit, this wireless communication unit is designed to use a radio frequency to carry out radio communication.
In addition, can access the environment of coexistence, the identical wireless logical base station that wherein is designed to use a radio frequency to carry out radio communication can be used to have the business of different qualities under the setting corresponding to each characteristic, for example, data network and speech network.
In addition, the network environment that is applicable to the grouping of each type can be configured to use the different user of identical wireless base station.
According to reference the following detailed description and accompanying drawing, wherein illustrate in conjunction with the preferred embodiment of principle of the present invention example by demonstration, those skilled in the art will be appreciated that above-mentioned and many other purposes of the present invention, feature and advantage.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram that the configuration of Radio Network System is shown according to embodiments of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the block diagram that the configuration of wireless base station is shown according to embodiments of the invention;
Fig. 3 is the figure that a kind of state conceptually is shown, and wherein wireless network is divided into a plurality of virtual wireless network in logic, is coupled to the wired lan that separates in logic successively;
Fig. 4 is the figure that illustrates the arrangement that is stored in the management information in the admin table;
Fig. 5 A and Fig. 5 B are the frame structures that shows the wireless and wired grouping that is set to IEEE802.11 and IEEE802.3 standard respectively, and Fig. 5 C shows the table of implication of the mac header address of each radio frames shown in the presentation graphs 5A;
Fig. 6 A and Fig. 6 B are the figure that packets of voice is shown respectively and calls out the signal frame structure of control grouping;
Fig. 7 shows the flow chart that changes the operation of maximum retry count according to the type of the grouping that receives;
Fig. 8 shows the flow chart that sends packets to the operation of wired lan circuit 100 from mobile radio terminal;
Fig. 9 shows the flow chart that sends packets to the operation of mobile radio terminal from wired lan circuit 100;
Figure 10 shows from the timing diagram that concerns between the announcement information of wireless base station transmission and the information by the mobile radio terminal reception.
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Wireless base station according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, Radio Network System, wireless communications method and the control program that is used for the wireless base station will be described in detail in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in Figure 1, according to embodiments of the invention, has the mobile radio terminal 600 (601,602 of execution,, 60N) and 700 ((701,702 ... the wireless base station 500 of the radio communication function 70N) (501,502 ..., 50N) be connected to wired lan circuit 100.
Have end terminal 300 (301,302 ..., 30N) and 400 (401,402 ..., 40N) and server 200 (201,202 ..., 20N) be connected to wired lan circuit 100 and communicate by letter with wireless base station 500 by wired lan with permission.
Each has end terminal 300 and 400 to have one must be as the device of computer.In addition, each terminal has the connecting interface and the function as the multimedia terminal that are used for wired lan, and it carries out mobile image, the real time communication of voice etc. by wired lan circuit 100.
Server 200 has one must be as the device of computer.In addition, each terminal has the connecting interface and the function element as the multimedia terminal that are used for wired lan, and it carries out mobile image, the real time communication of voice etc. by wired lan circuit 100.
Each mobile radio terminal 600 (601,602 ..., 60N) and 700 ((701,702 ..., 70N) have the function of the radio communication of the wireless communication unit (not shown) that is used to carry out radio communication and execution and wireless base station 500.
Use this configuration, mobile radio terminal 600 and 700 can be carried out and the mobile image that end terminal 300 and 400 are arranged, the real time communication of voice etc. by Internet protocol (IP).
Described have end terminal 300 and computer 400 to use VLAN (VLAN) identifiers, and the logic of obligation network separately and is associated with different network area.
The logic that the function of noticing this separately wired lan network is not limited to use vlan identifier and may be by connecting the function that they separate network to this locality of different wired lan circuits separately.
Use above-mentioned configuration, Radio Network System of the present invention is connected to the internet or in-house network forms the multi-media radio network, and this network provides the data communication, particularly voice based on Internet protocol (IP), the real time communication of mobile image or the like.
As shown in Figure 2, (AP: access point) 500 comprise wireless communication unit 51 in the wireless base station, it comprises antenna and by using a radio frequency to carry out radio communication, wire communication unit 52, it is connected to wired lan circuit 100 and communicates by letter control unit 53 with wired lan, the main body of its control wireless base station 500, with memory cell 54, when the mobile radio terminal that transmits the destination as grouping is in battery saving mode following time, its stores packets.It should be noted that control unit 53 can be by being stored in ROM or other, the program among the CPU etc. realizes.
In order to allow wireless base station 500 to send packets to mobile radio terminal from wired lan circuit 100 by radio communication, or by radio communication from mobile radio terminal send be transmitted be grouped into wired lan circuit 100, memory cell 54 storage administration table 54a, it comprises the information of the header message that is used to change the grouping that will be sent out.
Use above-mentioned configuration, wireless base station 500 provides by using wireless communication unit 51 to form the function of separated a plurality of virtual wireless network in logic, and this wireless communication unit 51 uses a radio frequency to carry out radio communication, as shown in Figure 3.
Fig. 3 conceptually shows a kind of state, wherein wireless base station 500 logically is split up into wireless network a plurality of virtual wireless network by using physically identical wireless communication unit 51, this wireless communication unit 51 uses a radio frequency to carry out radio communication, and the wireless base station is coupled to the wired lan that uses vlan identifier logically to separate to these virtual wireless network, so that form virtual network.
Unique basic service is provided with identifier (BDDID) and activates business and identifier (ESSID) is set is assigned to the virtual wireless network that each logic is separated.Fig. 3 schematically illustrates mobile radio terminal 600 and the virtual wireless network of having distributed BSSID 1 and ESSID 1 related (being correlated with), mobile radio terminal 700 and the virtual wireless network of having distributed BSSID 2 and ESSID 2 related (being correlated with).
In the present invention, because wireless base station 500 uses a plurality of basic services that identifier is set, basic service is provided with identifier and is not restricted to MAC Address and is determined in logic.
If the MAC Address that for example in logic network is divided into this wireless base station 500 of virtual wireless network is aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:00; Then BSSID 1 may be set to aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:01; With BSSID 2 be aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:02.In this manner, these identifiers can be by determining in last sequence of positions ground added value.According to this method, being 256 virtual wireless network to the maximum can be realized by a wireless base station.
Fig. 4 is the figure that illustrates the management information among the admin table 54a that delivery unit 5 according to the present invention had.
As shown in Figure 4, form admin table 54a and identifier (BSSID) is set so that be coupled to the basic service of the virtual wireless network of the virtual network of separating in logic, activate business identifier (ESSID) is set, maximum retry count (maximum retry 1 and maximum retry 2) on two ranks, the transport service Indication message sign cycle (DTIM cycle), related counting (association), and discrimination method (discriminating) is associated with the VLAN ID of the cable network that separates in logic.
Use and management table 54a, when wireless base station 500 sends packets to mobile radio terminal by radio communication from wired lan circuit 100, or by radio communication when mobile radio terminal sends packets to wired lan circuit 100, control unit 53 is based on the information (header information) of the header portion of admin table 54a conversion grouping, and wireless communication unit 51 or 52 transmissions of wire communication unit are through the grouping of conversion.
The grouping that control unit 53 identifications receive from the wired lan that separates in logic, the corresponding basic service of search is provided with identifier from admin table 54a, and it is added in the grouping.Control unit 53 causes that wireless communication unit 51 sends packets to wireless channel then.Interchangeable, control unit 53 is read and is stored in the address that is added to the wireless header in the grouping, and this grouping is received from mobile radio terminal, and search is stored in the information among the admin table 54a, and the VLAN ID of correspondence is added in the grouping.Control unit 53 causes that wire communication unit 52 sends packets to wired lan separately then.
According to Radio Network System as this embodiment, be used to send sign (announcement information) by the wireless communication unit that uses a radio frequency executive communication, it comprises that the different information elements corresponding to each virtual wireless network that will be formed are provided with identifier with the different basic service that is used for each virtual wireless network, therefore forms a plurality of virtual wireless network of separating in logic.
Be associated and form admin table 54a by in virtual wireless network, basic service being provided with identifier or the like and being used in logic separately the VLAN ID of wired lan.This makes might be coupled virtual network to the cable network that separates in logic.
The operation of setting up radio communication between wireless base station 500 in each virtual wireless network and the mobile radio terminal is described below.
Mobile radio terminal 600 transmissions (probe requests thereby) have been stored activating business of presetting the management frames of identifier (ESSID 1) have been set, so that search for the wireless base station in contiguous range for wireless communication.
If from the probe requests thereby of mobile radio terminal 600 and activating business of presetting identifier (ESSID 1) being set conforms to, wireless base station 500 search admin table 54a, the wireless header that 48 corresponding bit basic services of storage is provided with identifier (xxxxx:01) adds management frames to, and returns that having stored activates business and be provided with the management frames (probe response) of identifier (ESSID1).
Subsequently, mobile radio terminal 600 is carried out predetermined discriminating and is handled, and carries out relevant treatment (being correlated with).
Mobile radio terminal 700 sends storage and is different from presetting of mobile radio terminal 600 and activates business the management frames (probe requests thereby) of identifier (ESSID 2) is set, and searches for the wireless base station in contiguous range for wireless communication.
If being provided with identifier (ESSID 2), activating business of presetting conform to probe requests thereby from mobile radio terminal 700, the control unit 53 search admin table 54a of wireless base station 500, the wireless header that the corresponding basic service of storage is provided with identifier (xxxxx:02) adds management frames to, and returns that comprising activates business and be provided with the management frames (probe response) of identifier (ESSID 2).
Subsequently, mobile radio terminal 600 is carried out predetermined discriminating and is handled, and carries out association process (association).
Mobile radio terminal 700 send (probe requests thereby) stored difference activate business identifier (ESSID2) is set management frames to predetermined mobile radio terminal 600, so that in contiguous range for wireless communication, search for the wireless base station.
If from the probe requests thereby of mobile radio terminal 700 and activating business of presetting identifier (ESSID 2) being set conforms to, the control unit 53 search admin table 54a of wireless base station 500, the wireless header that the corresponding basic service of storage is provided with identifier (xxxxx:02) adds management frames to, and returns storage and activate business the management frames (probe response) of identifier (ESSID 2) is set.
Subsequently, mobile radio terminal 700 is carried out predetermined discriminating and is handled, and carries out association process (association).
In the present invention, logically separate wired lan by the vlan identifier in the Frame that is increased to grouping.In the wireless base station 500 in this embodiment, with basic service identifier (BSSID) is set and activates business and the related vlan identifier of identifier (ESSID) is set is stored among the above-mentioned admin table 54a, end message, retry count, discrimination method and the transport service Indication message sign cycle (DTIM cycle) of in addition, be mutually related related counting, being correlated with are stored among the admin table 54a.
Fig. 5 A and 5B are the frame structures that shows the wireless and wired grouping that is set to IEEE802.11 and IEEE802.3 standard respectively.Fig. 5 C shows the table (seeing IEEE802.11) of address implication in MAC (medium access control) header of the radio frames shown in the presentation graphs 5A.In this table, " DS " expression is by the distribution system of IEEE802.11 definition.Have " To DS " be that the grouping from the mobile radio terminal to the distribution system is represented in the grouping of " 1 ", that is, and to the grouping of LAN.Equally, the grouping of " From DS " expression from LAN to the terminal.
When send by radio communication from wired lan circuit 100 receive be grouped into mobile radio terminal the time, the vlan identifier of the grouping with the frame structure that receives from wired lan is read/identified to the control unit 53 of wireless base station 500, in admin table 54a, search for management information, and send packets to wireless channel, store the wireless header (header portion in the frame structure) that corresponding basic service is provided with identifier and be added to this grouping.
As mentioned above, mobile radio terminal 600 is related with wireless base station 500 with 700, and send various from the wireless base station 500 receive be grouped into each virtual wireless network.
When association process (association), mobile radio terminal 600 receives with its activating business of self presetting the management frames that identifier (ESSID 1) conforms to is set, therefore with basic service identifier (xxxxx:01) is set, receives only following grouping subsequently: wherein the basic service of wireless header is provided with identifier and with the basic service of oneself identifier (BSSID 1) is set and conforms to.
That is, mobile radio terminal 600 is carried out and is abandoned by using the processing of the grouping that identical radio frequency sends from wireless base station 500 of the present invention, and the different basic service of storage is provided with identifier (xxxxx:02) in wireless header.
Same, mobile radio terminal 700 receives and with its activating business of self management frames that identifier (ESSID 2) conforms to is set, with basic service identifier (xxxxx:02) is set and carries out the processing that abandons following grouping, described grouping has added stores the wireless header that different basic services is provided with identifier (xxxxx:01).
When the mobile radio terminal related with wireless base station 500 wanted to send data to the communication counterpart that is connected to wired lan, mobile radio terminal sent grouping, the wireless header stores of this grouping when related the basic service of identification identifier is set.Wireless base station 500 is stored in management information among the admin table 54a by the wireless header information search that use to receive grouping, and sends by the conversion header information and be grouped into wired lan to what corresponding vlan identifier obtained.
So, the grouping that the wired lan that physically separates from logic OR receives is read/identified in wireless base station 500, and by after with reference to above-mentioned admin table 54a corresponding basic service being provided with identifier and being increased on the frame, can send packets to wireless channel.
The address that is stored in the wireless header on the Frame that is added to the grouping that receives from wireless channel is read in wireless base station 500, and can be with reference to the information that is stored on the admin table 54a, send a frame to the function of the wired lan that logic OR physically separates by use, logically wireless network separately.
Illustrate that by way of example packets of voice and being used for for example controls the relevant calling control grouping of using packets of voice to set up and communicate by letter, description performed operation when the medium that use in the virtual wireless network that the wireless base station separates according to each logic change maximum retry count.
Fig. 6 A and Fig. 6 B show packets of voice respectively and call out the frame structure of control grouping.Fig. 7 shows whether the grouping according to reception is voice or calls out the flow chart of the operation of carrying out when the control grouping changes maximum retry count when wireless base station 500.
After the grouping that receives from wired lan (step S11), the header of the grouping of reception is read in wireless base station 500.If grouping is packets of voice (being among the step S12) wireless base station 500 restriction maximum retry count to a smaller value (step S13).If also do not have ACK to return from mobile radio terminal up to reaching maximum retry count, then the grouping of Jie Shouing is dropped.This makes might eliminate unessential propagation delay.
If the grouping that receives is to be used for the control of call treatment or the like grouping (step S12 denys), the control grouping can be sent to as the mobile radio terminal (step S14) that sends the destination reliably by increasing retry count, has therefore guaranteed reliability.
As mentioned above, according to Radio Network System of the present invention, because different retry intervals can be set is used for the virtual wireless network that each separates in logic, be designed to use the same wireless base station of a radio frequency executive communication can be according to the business of using different qualities corresponding to being provided with of each characteristic, for example, data network and speech network.
Use wireless base station of the present invention can form the network of coexistence, for example, in data network, increase retry count and improve reliability, and in speech network, reduce retry count and real-time performance more emphatically.
Therefore, identical wireless base station can use the mobile radio terminal with different application.For example, carry out high-precision discriminating and be used for a mobile radio terminal, and the open discriminating of simple execution is used for the interim visitor's mobile radio terminal that uses by the 802.1x project management.
This related counting can be provided with by a people who has the right to be provided with (for example network manager).Interchangeable, wireless base station 500 can dynamically change the association counting of each virtual wireless network.More particularly, network manager can be provided with the most relevance counting (with respect to single wireless base station 500 and the sum of the counting of the association in each virtual wireless network) of single wireless base station 500, and wireless base station 500 can dynamically change the association counting of each virtual wireless network.
The operation of carrying out when wireless base station 500 dynamically changes the association counting of each virtual wireless network is described below.
Suppose by network manager and set in advance wireless base station 500 and operation in the following manner.
The most relevance counting that is provided for single wireless base station 500 is 11, and the wireless base station with ESSID=voice can preferentially use this wireless base station.
Suppose that the mobile radio terminal with ESSID=voice needs traffic carrying capacity to be higher than and has the twice of the mobile radio terminal of ESSID=data.Making that x is corresponding to the association of ESSID=voice counting, is the number of the mobile radio terminal of relevant ESSID=data with y, determines in the following manner corresponding to the association counting of the mobile radio terminal of " data ".
When all mobile radio terminals of relevant " voice " are in holding state, count y corresponding to the association of " data " and provide by y=11-x.
When three mobile radio terminals of relevant " voice " are in seizure condition and the mobile radio terminal of relevant " voice " when being in holding state, provide by y=11-3*2-1 corresponding to the association counting y of " data ".
As mentioned above, dynamically change according to the traffic carrying capacity of the mobile radio terminal of relevant " voice " corresponding to the association of " data " counting y.
As mentioned above, can related counting be set for each virtual wireless network.The relevant mobile radio terminal of wireless base station of the present invention 500 each virtual wireless network of management, limit the association counting of mobile radio terminal, it can be used to have the business of different qualities, for example data network and the speech network that uses in the radio band of identical wireless base station according to characteristic separately.
The state of the relevant mobile radio terminal of wireless base station 500 monitorings and the traffic carrying capacity of each virtual wireless network, and number that can the dynamic constraints mobile radio terminal, this mobile radio terminal can be counted by the association of dynamic each virtual wireless network of change according to traffic carrying capacity and use radio band.
Therefore, the association that is used for each virtual wireless network is counted and can be changed according to traffic carrying capacity.
Describe the operation of Radio Network System below with reference to Fig. 8 and 9, it is used to allow wireless base station of the present invention to realize each function of above-mentioned transmission grouping.
When a grouping that will be sent to wired lan circuit 100 by when mobile radio terminal (600 or 700) sends, the header information of the grouping that comprises BSSID that is sent is read in wireless base station 500, and change header information, (step S21) as shown in Figure 8 according to the management information among the admin table 54a.Wireless base station 500 sends the communication counterpart of changing in this mode that is grouped into the cable network end that comprises VLAN ID.
When the grouping that will send to mobile radio terminal (600 or 700) by when the communication counterpart that is connected to wired lan circuit 100 sends, the header information of the grouping that comprises VLAN ID that is sent is read in wireless base station 500, and change header information in the above described manner, (step S22) as shown in Figure 9 according to the management information among the admin table 54a.Wireless base station 500 sends with what this mode was changed from wireless communication unit 51 and comprises that BSSID's is grouped into mobile radio terminal (600 or 700).
Then describe when activating business of presetting in by reception and it self of mobile radio terminal 600 or 700 operation that will carry out when sign that identifier conforms to is carried out association process (drive sweep) is set.
As shown in figure 10, wireless base station 500 causes that control unit 53 is provided with identifier in the different basic service that wireless header stores is used for each virtual network of separating in logic, and send the sign that comprises the different information elements that are used for each virtual wireless network of separating in logic, therefore by using a wireless communication unit 51 to come logic to separate wireless network.
According to each virtual wireless network that as a token of transmits the destination, the storage transport service Indication message sign cycle in admin table 54a.
Use such operation, as shown in figure 10, control unit 53 causes that wireless communication unit 51 sends transport service Indication message sign in the transmission at interval of storage.This feasible cycle rise time that might be provided with or change with the battery saving mode of the mobile radio terminal relevant with different networks, and can not interdepend.
Even the mobile radio terminal relevant with same wireless base station 500 also receives the sign with different information elements.Therefore, according to the characteristic of each network, different cycles rise time can be provided for mobile radio terminal relevant with the network area with a small amount of broadcasting and the mobile radio terminal relevant with the network area with a large amount of broadcasting.
This makes might operate the battery saving mode of each virtual wireless network best, and reaches power saving effectively.
As mentioned above, according to wireless base station of the present invention, wireless network can separate in data link layer, and wireless network can come separately by using identical wireless station.
In addition, related counting, retry count, transport service Indication message sign cycle, can be provided for the virtual wireless network that each separates in logic with discrimination method, and therefore construct the network of suitable setting according to medium and the employed mobile radio terminal of each network that separates.
Notice that the foregoing description is the preferred embodiments of the present invention, can carry out different changes and application, and not deviate from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
For example, the people's (for example network manager) that can change information by having the right of the information among the admin table 54a stores in advance or sets in advance.That is, wireless base station 500 can have function, the people of its information that changes that allows to have the right, and network manager for example is according to purpose, use or the like the information that is stored among the admin table 54a that is provided with.
According to the foregoing description, cable network is separated in logic by VLAN ID.Yet the cable network that physically separates can be connected to the wire communication unit of wireless base station.In such example,, can use the identifier except VLAN ID as the identifier that is used to discern each network.
In addition according to the foregoing description, function about wireless base station 500, it changes maximum retry count according to the medium that use in each virtual wireless network of separating in logic, the medium that use comprise two types medium, that is, packets of voice be used for controlling the calling control of using packets of voice to set up communicate by letter and divide into groups.Yet the characteristic of the medium of use (by the grouping of wireless base station 500 receptions) is not restricted to these.
Promptly, the characteristic of grouping can be provided with arbitrarily, as long as the grouping that is received by wireless base station 500 is the real time communication grouping, it is set in advance the grouping for being used for communicating by letter, its Content of Communication is sending the control grouping of duplicating in real time on the destination and being used for the real time communication grouping.This real time communication grouping is above-mentioned packets of voice or is used for the streamed grouping at MPEG.
For this grouping of two types, maximum retry count divides two rank settings and is stored among the admin table 54a, and an end has a small amount of broadcasting, and an end has a large amount of broadcasting.When the characteristic of the grouping that receives was designated as above-mentioned real time communication grouping, the control unit 53 of wireless base station 500 was carried out control in the value on maximum retry count to two rank one is set, and it is used to have an end of a small amount of broadcasting.When the characteristic of grouping was designated as above-mentioned control grouping, control unit 53 was carried out control in the value on maximum retry count to two rank one is set, and it is used to have an end of a large amount of broadcasting.
Use such operation, according to wireless base station of the present invention, be designed to use a wireless base station of a radio frequency executive communication to operate and be used for data communication, can also under the setting of the characteristic of dividing into groups, operate corresponding to real time communication, need real-time performance for the latter, for example, packets of voice and be used for streamed grouping.As mentioned above, can form the network of coexistence, it uses under the setting corresponding with the characteristic of the business with different qualities.
In the above-described embodiments, maximum retry count is arranged on two ranks.Yet maximum retry count can be set to the rank greater than one arbitrary number.
Like this, control unit 53 arrives one or more ranks according to the above-mentioned maximum retry count of characteristic changing that receives grouping.
According to the foregoing description, stored program in ROM etc.Yet the present invention is not restricted to these, as long as the readable recording media that uses a computer is just passable.For example, program can be stored among nonvolatile memory or the EEPROM.
The program that the above-mentioned functions of embodiments of the invention can provide according to above-mentioned recording medium by the CPU that makes wireless base station or the like is carried out to handle and is realized.
Like this, the present invention can be applied to even following situation: a plurality of information that comprise program are provided to output device or are provided to output device by network from the external record medium from above-mentioned recording medium.
That is, the program code of reading from recording medium itself has been realized new function of the present invention, stores the recording medium of these program codes and has constituted the present invention from the signal that recording medium is read.
According to program of the present invention, each function according to the abovementioned embodiments of the present invention can be realized in programme controlled wireless base station.
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1. a wireless base station comprises the wire communication device that is connected to cable network, carries out the radio communication device of radio communication by using a radio frequency, and Wireline/wireless channel bridging functionality, comprises
Control device is used to control a described radio communication device, sends a plurality of packets of information of storage corresponding to a plurality of virtual wireless network, so that form a plurality of virtual wireless network.
2. according to the base station of claim 1, wherein said control device causes that a described radio communication device sends the announcement information of information elements and the grouping that the storage basic service is provided with identifier, as a plurality of packets of information of storage corresponding to a plurality of virtual wireless network, described information element and described basic service are provided with identifier and all change for each virtual wireless network.
3. according to the base station of claim 1 or 2, wherein
Described base station comprises admin table, and it is interrelated that the identifier of the cable network that logic OR physically separates in table and the basic service that is coupled to the virtual wireless network of these networks are provided with identifier, and
Described control device is changed according to the described admin table header information that is received and be addressed to the grouping of wireless channel by described wire communication device, send information by described radio communication device, change according to the described admin table header information that receives and be addressed to the grouping of Wireline by described radio communication device, and send information by described wire communication device.
4. according to the base station of claim 3, wherein in described admin table, the identifier of cable network is provided with identifier with activating business of the virtual wireless network that is coupled to these networks and is stored, so that interrelated.
5. according to the base station of claim 4, wherein said control device is stored in management frames for activating business of all changing of each virtual wireless network identifier is set, described management frames is to return according to the request of described admin table response mobile radio terminal, and return described management frames, and distributed the basic service of the virtual wireless network that identifier is set of activating business that identifier is set to this mobile radio terminal that sends request.
6. according to any base station in the claim 3 to 5, in the wherein said admin table, the related counting of the identifier of cable network and the virtual wireless network that is coupled to these networks is stored, so that interrelated.
7. according to the base station of claim 6, wherein said control device is provided with the identification a kind of mobile radio terminal related with virtual wireless network the identifier from activating business of virtual wireless network, and carry out control so that change related counting in the described admin table according to the traffic carrying capacity of every kind of mobile radio terminal related with virtual wireless network, wherein this virtual wireless network has with the related basic service that is associated of counting identifier is set.
8. according to any base station in the claim 3 to 7, in the wherein said admin table, the identifier of cable network and the maximum retry count of being coupled to the virtual wireless network of these networks are stored, so that interrelated.
9. base station according to Claim 8, maximum retry count in the wherein said admin table is set to be not less than a rank that is used for each virtual wireless network, and described control device according to the characteristic changing maximum retry count that receives grouping for being not less than a rank.
10. according to the base station of claim 9, wherein
Maximum retry count in the described admin table is set to be used for two ranks of each virtual wireless network, and an end has a small amount of broadcasting and an end has a large amount of broadcasting,
The characteristic that receives grouping is represented a real time communication grouping and a control grouping that is used for the real time communication grouping, and described real time communication grouping is set in advance the grouping for being used to communicate by letter, its Content of Communication duplicated in real time in the transmission destination and
Described control device is carried out control, when representing the real time communication grouping with the characteristic of box lunch reception grouping, maximum retry count is set has an end of a small amount of broadcasting, when the characteristic that receives grouping is represented the control grouping, maximum retry count is set has an end of a large amount of broadcasting.
11. according to any base station in the claim 3 to 10, wherein, in described admin table, the identifier of cable network and the discrimination method that is coupled in the virtual wireless network of these networks are stored, so that interrelated.
12. according to any base station in the claim 3 to 11, wherein, in described admin table, the identifier of cable network and the transport service Indication message announcement information cycle of being coupled in the virtual wireless network of these networks are stored, so that interrelated.
13. a Radio Network System comprises the cable network that logic OR physically separates, and is connected to a plurality of mobile radio terminals of the radio communication of the wireless base station of described cable network and execution and wireless base station,
Described wireless base station comprises the wire communication device that is connected to cable network, carries out radio communication device with the radio communication of mobile radio terminal by using radio frequency, and Wireline/wireless channel bridging functionality and
Control device is controlled a described radio communication device and is sent a plurality of packets of information of storage corresponding to a plurality of virtual wireless network, so that form a plurality of virtual wireless network.
14. system according to claim 13, wherein said control device causes that a described radio communication device sends the announcement information of information elements and the grouping that the storage basic service is provided with identifier, as a plurality of packets of information of storage corresponding to a plurality of virtual wireless network, described information element and basic service are provided with identifier and all change for each virtual wireless network.
15. according to the system of claim 13 or 14, wherein
Described station comprises admin table, and it is interrelated that the identifier of the cable network that logic OR physically separates in table and the basic service that is coupled to the virtual wireless network of these networks are provided with identifier, and
Described control device is changed according to the management of packets statistical tables and reports header that is received and be addressed to wireless channel by described wire communication device, send information by described radio communication device, change according to the management of packets statistical tables and reports header that receives and be addressed to Wireline by described radio communication device, and send information by described wire communication device.
16. according to the system of claim 15, wherein, in described admin table, the identifier of cable network and be coupled to activating business of these virtual wireless network and identifier is set is stored is so that interrelated.
17. system according to claim 16, wherein said control device stores in management frames that activating business of changing is provided with identifier along with each virtual wireless network, described management frames is to return according to the request of described admin table response mobile radio terminal, and return described management frames to the mobile radio terminal that sends request, and the basic service that has been assigned with the virtual wireless network that identifier is set of activating business is provided with identifier.
18. according to any system in the claim 15 to 17, wherein, in described admin table, the related counting of the identifier of cable network and the virtual wireless network that is coupled to these networks is stored, so that interrelated.
19. system according to claim 18, wherein said control device is provided with the identification a kind of mobile radio terminal related with virtual wireless network the identifier from activating business of virtual wireless network, and carry out control and come according to the related counting in the traffic carrying capacity change admin table of every kind of mobile radio terminal related with virtual wireless network, described virtual wireless network has a basic service that is associated with related counting identifier is set.
20. according to any system in the claim 15 to 19, wherein, in described admin table, the identifier of cable network and the maximum retry count of being coupled to the virtual wireless network of these networks are stored, so that interrelated.
21. system according to claim 20, maximum retry count in the wherein said admin table is set to be not less than a rank that is used for each virtual wireless network, described control device according to the characteristic changing maximum retry count of the grouping that receives for being not less than a rank.
22. according to the system of claim 21, wherein
Maximum retry count in the described admin table is set to be used for two ranks of each virtual wireless network, and an end has a small amount of broadcasting and an end has most broadcasting,
The characteristic of the grouping of reception is represented a real time communication grouping and a control grouping that is used for the real time communication grouping, and described real time communication grouping is set in advance the grouping for being used to communicate by letter, and its Content of Communication duplicates in real time in the transmission destination,
Described control device carry out control so that, when the property list that receives grouping is shown the real time communication grouping, maximum retry count is set has an end of a small amount of broadcasting, when the property list that receives grouping is shown the control grouping, maximum retry count is set at a end with most broadcasting.
23. according to any system in the claim 15 to 22, wherein, in described admin table, the identifier of cable network and the discrimination method that is coupled in the virtual wireless network of these networks are stored, so that interrelated.
24. according to any system in the claim 15 to 23, wherein, in described admin table, the identifier of cable network and the transport service Indication message announcement information cycle of being coupled in the virtual wireless network of these networks are stored, so that interrelated.
25. according to any service system in the claim 13 to 24, comprise a plurality of wireless base stations with identical setting, the control device of wherein said a plurality of wireless base stations is carried out control, so that even when described mobile radio terminal switches a wireless base station that is used for radio communication in described a plurality of wireless base stations, continue communication and do not change the network layer address of described mobile radio terminal.
26. the wireless communications method in the Radio Network System, this system comprises the cable network that logic OR physically separates, and is connected to the wireless base station of cable network and a plurality of mobile radio terminals of execution and wireless base station radio communication, comprises
When the wireless base station receives the grouping that is addressed to this mobile radio terminal and sends this when being grouped into mobile radio terminal from cable network, or when mobile radio terminal receives the grouping that is addressed to communication counterpart the cable network and send packets to communication counterpart, after switch process, send forwarding step through the grouping of conversion, wherein said switch process is according to the management of information table that comprises the header information conversion that is used for the grouping that will be transmitted, and conversion receives the header information of grouping.
27. method according to claim 26, wherein form described admin table, so that it is interrelated that the identifier of each cable network and the basic service that is coupled to the virtual wireless network of these networks are provided with identifier, and in switch process, the basic service of the identifier of cable network and virtual wireless network is provided with identifier in the header information of the grouping that conversion will be transmitted.
28. method according to claim 27, wherein form described admin table, so as the identifier of each cable network and be coupled to these networks virtual wireless network activate business that identifier is set is interrelated, and in switch process, the basic service of the identifier of cable network and virtual wireless network is provided with activating business of identifier and virtual wireless network identifier is set in the header information of the grouping that conversion will be transmitted.
29. a control program that is used for the wireless base station, this wireless base station comprises the wire communication device that is connected to cable network, carries out the radio communication device of radio communication by using a radio frequency, and Wireline/wireless channel bridging functionality,
Control program cause the wireless base station enforcement of rights require 26 to 28 any one in process in the step that defines in the wireless communications method that defines.
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